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Fall of Eagles: Absolute Beginners

BBC One
on BBC One London

by Trevor Griffiths
Starring Charles Kay, Patrick Stewart, Lynn Farleigh, Michael Kitchen, Paul Eddington, Bruce Purchase

At the 1903 Social Democratic Congress in Brussels and London Lenin prepares the ground for the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. 'The Party is to be built like a fist... in revolutionary language, success of the revolution is the supreme law.'

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Contributors

Writer:
Trevor Griffiths
Costumes:
Daphne Dare
Sound:
Derek Miller-Timmins
Designer:
Alan Anson
Producer:
Stuart Burge
Director:
Gareth Davies
Von Plehve:
Bruce Purchase
Nicholas:
Charles Kay
Lenin:
Patrick Stewart
Krupskaya:
Lynn Farleigh
Martov:
Edward Wilson
Zasulich:
Mary Wimbush
Trotsky:
Michael Kitchen
Bauman:
Peter Weston
Plekhanov:
Paul Eddington
Alexandrova:
Svandis Jons
Lieber:
David Freeman
Tupuridze:
Julian Fox
Krasikov:
Robert O'Mahoney
Martynov:
Raymond Witch
Narrator:
Michael Hordern
Source: Radio Times

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